Hosea 7:4-11

4They are all adulterers; they are like a heated oven whose baker ceases to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

5On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with mockers.

6For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

7All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen, and none of them calls upon me.

8Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

9Strangers devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not.

10The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him, for all this.

11Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.